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Upgrading of Low-Grade Colombian Coals via Low-Cost and Sustainable Calcium Nitrate Dense Media Separation (2022)
Journal Article
Williams, O. S. A., Daley, P., Perkins, J., Martinez-Mendoza, K. L., Guerrero-Perrez, J., Mazabuel, L. M. S., …Lester, E. H. (2022). Upgrading of Low-Grade Colombian Coals via Low-Cost and Sustainable Calcium Nitrate Dense Media Separation. ACS Omega, 7(4), 3348-3358. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c05346

Wet coal beneficiation in Colombia is prohibitive due to the high cost and scarcity of commonly used dense media. The practical value of this study is that it demonstrates for the first time that a common fertilizer, calcium nitrate, can be used in t... Read More about Upgrading of Low-Grade Colombian Coals via Low-Cost and Sustainable Calcium Nitrate Dense Media Separation.

The Role of Lipid Chains as Determinants of Membrane Stability in the Presence of Styrene (2022)
Journal Article
Yeh, V., Goode, A., Johnson, D., Cowieson, N., & Bonev, B. B. (2022). The Role of Lipid Chains as Determinants of Membrane Stability in the Presence of Styrene. Langmuir, 38(4), 1348-1359. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02332

Biofermentative production of styrene from renewable carbon sources is crucially dependent on strain tolerance and viability at elevated styrene concentrations. Solvent-driven collapse of bacterial plasma membranes limits yields and is technologicall... Read More about The Role of Lipid Chains as Determinants of Membrane Stability in the Presence of Styrene.

Anti-miR-135/SPOCK1 axis antagonizes the influence of metabolism on drug response in intestinal/colon tumour organoids (2022)
Journal Article
Babaei-Jadidi, R., Kashfi, H., Alelwani, W., Bakhtiari, A., Kattan, S. W., Mansouri, O. A., …Nateri, A. S. (2022). Anti-miR-135/SPOCK1 axis antagonizes the influence of metabolism on drug response in intestinal/colon tumour organoids. Oncogenesis, 11, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41389-021-00376-1

Little is known about the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in rewiring the metabolism within tumours and adjacent non-tumour bearing normal tissue and their potential in cancer therapy. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between deregulated m... Read More about Anti-miR-135/SPOCK1 axis antagonizes the influence of metabolism on drug response in intestinal/colon tumour organoids.

Effect of Oriented Electric Fields on Biologically Relevant Iron–Sulfur Clusters: Tuning Redox Reactivity for Catalysis (2022)
Journal Article
Gaughan, S. J. H., Hirst, J. D., Croft, A. K., & Jäger, C. M. (2022). Effect of Oriented Electric Fields on Biologically Relevant Iron–Sulfur Clusters: Tuning Redox Reactivity for Catalysis. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 62(3), 591-601. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00791

Enzyme-based iron-sulfur clusters, exemplified in families such as hydrogenases, nitrogenases, and radical S-Adenosylmethionine enzymes, feature in many essential biological processes. The functionality of biological iron-sulfur clusters extends beyo... Read More about Effect of Oriented Electric Fields on Biologically Relevant Iron–Sulfur Clusters: Tuning Redox Reactivity for Catalysis.

Eco-environmental footprint and value chains of technology multinational enterprises operating in emerging economies (2022)
Journal Article
Attah-Boakye, R., Kweku, A., Honglan, Y., & Koukpaki, A. S. F. (2022). Eco-environmental footprint and value chains of technology multinational enterprises operating in emerging economies. Strategic Change, 31(1), 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2479

Drawing from signaling theory and the multinational global value chain (GVC) literature, this study examines a critical question “does the adoption of eco-friendly technology improve firm value?”. In addressing this question, we test a panel dataset... Read More about Eco-environmental footprint and value chains of technology multinational enterprises operating in emerging economies.

The Muslim Theologian Ibn Taymiyyah on God, Creation, and Time (2022)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2022). The Muslim Theologian Ibn Taymiyyah on God, Creation, and Time. In M. Schmücker, M. T. Williams, & F. Fischer (Eds.), Temporality and Eternity: Nine Perspectives on God and Time (89-104). Berlin: De Gruyter

Models of Risk Selection in Maternal and Newborn Care: Exploring the Organization of Tasks and Responsibilities of Primary Care Midwives and Obstetricians in Risk Selection across The Netherlands (2022)
Journal Article
Goodarzi, B., Verhoeven, C., Berks, D., de Vries, E. F., & de Jonge, A. (2022). Models of Risk Selection in Maternal and Newborn Care: Exploring the Organization of Tasks and Responsibilities of Primary Care Midwives and Obstetricians in Risk Selection across The Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), Article 1046. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031046

An effective system of risk selection is a global necessity to ensure women and children receive appropriate care at the right time and at the right place. To gain more insight into the existing models of risk selection (MRS), we explored the distrib... Read More about Models of Risk Selection in Maternal and Newborn Care: Exploring the Organization of Tasks and Responsibilities of Primary Care Midwives and Obstetricians in Risk Selection across The Netherlands.

Integrating Reward Information for Prospective Behavior (2022)
Journal Article
Hall-McMaster, S., Stokes, M. G., & Myers, N. E. (2022). Integrating Reward Information for Prospective Behavior. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(9), 1804-1819. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1113-21.2021

Value-based decision-making is often studied in a static context, where participants decide which option to select from those currently available. However, everyday life often involves an additional dimension: deciding when to select to maximize rewa... Read More about Integrating Reward Information for Prospective Behavior.

View Of Statutes Of Limitation In The United Kingdom (2022)
Journal Article
JACKSON, J., & Johnstone, J. (2022). View Of Statutes Of Limitation In The United Kingdom. Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo, 49(4), 3887-3906

Unlike most other European jurisdictions, the UK has no general statute of limitations for criminal offences except for minor offences tried in the lower courts. This article first considers how defendants have been protected without the need for suc... Read More about View Of Statutes Of Limitation In The United Kingdom.

Euclid preparation: XIII. Forecasts for galaxy morphology with the Euclid Survey using deep generative models (2022)
Journal Article
Bretonnière, H., Huertas-Company, M., Boucaud, A., Lanusse, F., Jullo, E., Merlin, E., …Kuchner, U. (2022). Euclid preparation: XIII. Forecasts for galaxy morphology with the Euclid Survey using deep generative models. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 657, Article A90. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141393

We present a machine learning framework to simulate realistic galaxies for the Euclid Survey, producing more complex and realistic galaxies than the analytical simulations currently used in Euclid. The proposed method combines a control on galaxy sha... Read More about Euclid preparation: XIII. Forecasts for galaxy morphology with the Euclid Survey using deep generative models.

Biofortified Wheat Increases Dietary Zinc Intake: A Randomised Controlled Efficacy Study of Zincol-2016 in Rural Pakistan (2022)
Journal Article
Lowe, N. M., Zaman, M., Khan, M. J., Brazier, A. K., Shahzad, B., Ullah, U., …Tishkovskaya, S. (2022). Biofortified Wheat Increases Dietary Zinc Intake: A Randomised Controlled Efficacy Study of Zincol-2016 in Rural Pakistan. Frontiers in Nutrition, 8, Article 809783. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.809783

A new variety of zinc biofortified wheat (Zincol-2016) was released in Pakistan in 2016. The primary aim of this study was to examine the effects of consuming Zincol-2016 wheat flour on biochemical and functional markers of zinc status in a populatio... Read More about Biofortified Wheat Increases Dietary Zinc Intake: A Randomised Controlled Efficacy Study of Zincol-2016 in Rural Pakistan.

Towards a Monitoring Approach for Understanding Permafrost Degradation and Linked Subsidence in Arctic Peatlands (2022)
Journal Article
de la Barreda-Bautista, B., Boyd, D. S., Ledger, M., Siewert, M. B., Chandler, C., Bradley, A. V., …Sjögersten, S. (2022). Towards a Monitoring Approach for Understanding Permafrost Degradation and Linked Subsidence in Arctic Peatlands. Remote Sensing, 14(3), Article 444. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030444

Permafrost thaw resulting from climate warming is threatening to release carbon from high latitude peatlands. The aim of this research was to determine subsidence rates linked to permafrost thaw in sub-Arctic peatlands in Sweden using historical orth... Read More about Towards a Monitoring Approach for Understanding Permafrost Degradation and Linked Subsidence in Arctic Peatlands.

Novel SCCmec type XV (7A) and two pseudo-SCCmec variants in foodborne MRSA in China (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, W., Hu, Y., Baker, M., Dottorini, T., Li, H., Dong, Y., …Li, F. (2022). Novel SCCmec type XV (7A) and two pseudo-SCCmec variants in foodborne MRSA in China. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 77(4), 903-909. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkab500

Background
Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) elements are highly diverse and have been classified into 14 types. Novel SCCmec variants have been frequently detected from humans and animals but rarely from food.

Objectives
To charac... Read More about Novel SCCmec type XV (7A) and two pseudo-SCCmec variants in foodborne MRSA in China.

A Meta Model Analysis of Exchange Rate Determination (2022)
Book Chapter
Aristidou, C., Lee, K., & Shields, K. (2022). A Meta Model Analysis of Exchange Rate Determination. . Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/s0731-90532021000043a010

A novel approach to modeling exchange rates is presented based on a set of models distinguished by the drivers of the rate and regime duration. The models are combined into a “meta model” using model averaging and non-nested hypothesis-testing techni... Read More about A Meta Model Analysis of Exchange Rate Determination.

Theoretical and practical aspects of the design and production of synthetic holograms for transmission electron microscopy (2022)
Journal Article
Rosi, P., Venturi, F., Medici, G., Menozzi, C., Gazzadi, G. C., Rotunno, E., …Grillo, V. (2022). Theoretical and practical aspects of the design and production of synthetic holograms for transmission electron microscopy. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(3), Article 031101. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0067528

Beam shaping-the ability to engineer the phase and the amplitude of massive and massless particles-has long interested scientists working on communication, imaging, and the foundations of quantum mechanics. In light optics, the shaping of electromagn... Read More about Theoretical and practical aspects of the design and production of synthetic holograms for transmission electron microscopy.

Single-sided natural ventilation in buildings: a critical literature review (2022)
Journal Article
Zhong, H. Y., Sun, Y., Shang, J., Qian, F. P., Zhao, F. Y., Kikumoto, H., …Liu, X. (2022). Single-sided natural ventilation in buildings: a critical literature review. Building and Environment, 212, Article 108797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.108797

Natural ventilation nowadays has been paid great concerns due to its zero carbon emission and good performance on the human health. In engineering applications, cross ventilation driven by winds has been frequently restricted in building clustered ci... Read More about Single-sided natural ventilation in buildings: a critical literature review.

Complying with the GDPR when vulnerable people use smart devices (2022)
Journal Article
Piasecki, S., & Chen, J. (2022). Complying with the GDPR when vulnerable people use smart devices. International Data Privacy Law, 12(2), 113-131. https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipac001

The number of smart home devices is increasing. They are used by vulnerable people regardless of whether they are designed specifically for them or for the general population (eg, smart door locks, smart alarms, or voice assistants). This article foc... Read More about Complying with the GDPR when vulnerable people use smart devices.

The association of socio-economic and psychological factors with limitations in day-to-day activity over 7 years in newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients (2022)
Journal Article
Kouraki, A., Bast, T., Ferguson, E., & Valdes, A. M. (2022). The association of socio-economic and psychological factors with limitations in day-to-day activity over 7 years in newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 943. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-04781-3

Previous research has established links between chronic pain and impaired cognitive ability, as well as between chronic pain and anxiety, in osteoarthritis. Furthermore, there is evidence linking risk of osteoarthritis to lower educational attainment... Read More about The association of socio-economic and psychological factors with limitations in day-to-day activity over 7 years in newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients.

Ultrasound use to assess Crohn’s disease in the UK: a survey of British Society of Gastroenterology Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group members (2022)
Journal Article
Radford, S. J., Taylor, S. A., & Moran, G. (2022). Ultrasound use to assess Crohn’s disease in the UK: a survey of British Society of Gastroenterology Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group members. Frontline Gastroenterology, 13(6), 471-476. https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2021-102065

Background: Small bowel ultrasound has very good diagnostic accuracy for disease extent, presence and activity in Crohn's Disease, is well tolerated by patients and is cheaper when compared with MRI. However, uptake of ultrasound in the UK is limited... Read More about Ultrasound use to assess Crohn’s disease in the UK: a survey of British Society of Gastroenterology Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group members.

Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a Resource Kit (2022)
Journal Article
Coleston-Shields, D. M., Challis, D., Worden, A., Broome, E., Dening, T., Guo, B., …Orrell, M. (2022). Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a Resource Kit. Trials, 23, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05995-y

Background: Improving care at home for people with dementia is a core policy goal in the dementia strategies of many European countries. A challenge to effective home support is the occurrence of crises in the care of people with dementia which arise... Read More about Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a Resource Kit.